An alternative
solution was proposed by the Company RIMI, and consisted in a folding
hard lining of the trunk. The system allowed to transform
the rear of the car in a loading area with few
movements and without removing the rear seat. The
cover was secured with straps
that were attached to the front seats with belts, and it
costs 73 DM in 1953. Once removed, the hard lining could be
left in the luggage compartment behind the rear seat.

The Standard is the poor brother of the Beetle that we all know, the Export model.Its history and evolution had developed independently and discreetly, leaving little trace in the literature in the past.Also the literature of today offers very few information on it, and when it does is often superficial, incomplete, if not simply wrong.

But Standard is not only the poor variant of the beetle, it is also an attitude, a way of seeing things, paying attention to everything, by its nature, goes unnoticed because it is not trendy, not glamor, and is not cause of admiration, emulation, desire.